Brazil Retail Sales MoM  2000-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Retail sales in Brazil were unchanged in July of 2017, following a downwardly revised 0.9 percent rise in June and compared with market expectations of a 0.1 percent gain. Sales slowed for textiles, clothing & footwear (0.3 percent vs 6.1 percent in June) and were flat for hyper and supermarkets (the same as in June); furniture & household appliances (from 2.1 percent) and books, newspapers, magazines & stationery (from 5.1 percent). Also, sales declined for fuels & lubricants (-1.6 percent vs 1.2 percent); other articles of personal & domestic use (-0.2 percent vs 2.8 percent) and pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic, perfumery & cosmetic articles (-0.4 percent vs 1.3 percent). In contrast, the ones for office, computing, communication equipment & supplies (4.4 percent vs -2.3 percent) and food, drinks, tobacco in hyper and supermarkets (0.7 percent vs -0.3 percent) rebounded. Year-on-year, retail trade increased 3.1 percent, compared to a downwardly revised 2.9 percent rise in June. Retail Sales MoM in Brazil averaged 0.30 percent from 2000 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 5.10 percent in January of 2017 and a record low of -2.30 percent in March of 2003.